Attack on the Street

The next day, Uchiha Tokimitsu unusually slept in. It was the first time he had done so since studying under Elder Setsuna.

Honestly, sleeping in felt pretty great.

He dawdled until nearly noon before finally getting up, changing, and washing up.

When he lazily came downstairs with a yawn, he found his mother chatting amiably with a young girl in the living room.

It was Uchiha Makoto!

Uchiha Tokimitsu's heart tightened. This situation had caught him completely off guard.

"Little Tokimitsu~ You and Makoto-chan go out for a walk first. Just remember to come back for lunch~"

Uchiha Tokimitsu opened his mouth. After stammering for a while, he only managed to squeeze out one word.

"Okay."

The two of them walked slowly down the street, chatting on and off.

At noon, pedestrians hurried along the streets. The gray sky was thick with dark clouds, and at some point, a layer of leaden rain clouds had gathered overhead.

"The atmosphere in the clan compound is still a little oppressive..."

As Uchiha Tokimitsu walked, he took in the surroundings and responded now and then.

Compared to the clan compound, Konoha Village felt much livelier. The streets bustled with activity, storefronts were crowded with customers, and many peddlers pushed carts through the alleys.

"The rules of great clans are always very strict."

Uchiha Makoto's big eyes curved into crescents as she smiled, clinging closely to Uchiha Tokimitsu.

"But things have improved quite a bit now. It's just that after the clan sent out two ninja forces on campaign, the Konoha Military Police Force has been somewhat short-handed..."

The girl's smile was adorable. Her large eyes narrowed into two crescent moons, revealing eight pearly white teeth.

Uchiha Makoto's voice was light and cheerful, without the slightest hint of worry.

The Uchiha Clan controlled the immensely powerful Konoha Military Police Force. To them, making enemies was perfectly normal.

Besides, the Uchiha Clan did not particularly care what civilians or ordinary ninja thought of them.

Suddenly, Uchiha Tokimitsu's expression tightened, and he stopped.

Uchiha Makoto froze for a moment, then focused her senses and realized what was happening as well.

Whoosh!

More than a dozen kunai shot toward Uchiha Tokimitsu and Makoto from the shops ahead.

Uchiha Tokimitsu casually formed a hand seal, bent down, and slapped the ground.

"Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"

A stone wall abruptly rose from the ground, blocking every kunai.

Boom! Boom boom!!!

The Explosive Tags tied to the kunai detonated, blasting the Earth Style Wall full of craters.

Who are these people...

Uchiha Tokimitsu was somewhat puzzled.

To dare launch an attack on him within Konoha Village, these attackers had to be dead men prepared to die.

He drew the longsword hanging at his waist, its cold gleam reflecting an ominous light.

"Makoto-chan, how long do you think it'll take me to deal with them?"

Uchiha Tokimitsu turned to Uchiha Makoto.

Uchiha Makoto was stunned at first, then inwardly overjoyed.

"If it's Young Lord... probably around three minutes."

"Makoto-chan really has faith in me, huh~"

"Because Young Lord Tokimitsu is personally taking action~"

The smile on Uchiha Makoto's face grew brighter and brighter.

Uchiha Tokimitsu habitually raised an eyebrow. With the longsword in his right hand, he formed seals with his left and activated the Body Flicker Technique.

Inside the shop, five unremarkable spies were about to form seals and rush out. To their surprise, Uchiha Tokimitsu flickered straight into the room.

"Uchiha Sword Leap Slash!"

A crimson sword aura burst from the blade, cutting two people in the room cleanly in half at the waist.

"Aaah!"

The shrill screams terrified the remaining three.

"Lightning Style: Lightning Drop!"

While the three were frozen with fear, Uchiha Tokimitsu rapidly formed seals and unleashed a Lightning Style Ninjutsu.

Boom!

Another person was scorched black by the Lightning Style Ninjutsu, though he did not seem to have breathed his last.

One captive should be enough.

Uchiha Tokimitsu did not stop, continuing to swing his longsword at the final two.

One waved his kunai in an attempt to block Uchiha Tokimitsu's longsword, while the other dodged to the side, intending to trap him between them.

"Uchiha Sword Flame Slash!"

Fire Style Chakra wrapped around the blade, cutting through the kunai used to block it and severing its wielder's head. The last man was terrified by the sight and was about to retreat and flee when Uchiha Tokimitsu flickered in front of him and cut off his head with a single slash.

At that moment, an uproar erupted outside.

Three members of the Konoha Military Police Force rushed over.

The small-statured Uchiha Tokimitsu stood in a pool of blood with his longsword in hand, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan sinister and cold.

"Young Lord Tokimitsu!" Seeing this, the three Konoha Military Police Force members hurriedly saluted Uchiha Tokimitsu.

Uchiha Tokimitsu nodded coldly in acknowledgment, then blinked and deactivated his Sharingan.

His originally grim and ferocious aura changed as well, leaving him looking like nothing more than an expressionless young man.

At that moment, six figures flashed into the room. Once they came to a stop, they proved to be six Anbu.

The blood-soaked room gave even the Anbu a fright.

"Uchiha... what the hell are you doing?" one Anbu shouted.

"Using ninjutsu so recklessly in the village—you Uchiha Clan people are getting far too arrogant," another Anbu stepped forward as well, angrily berating them.

At those words, Uchiha Tokimitsu and the three Konoha Military Police Force members silently drew the longswords they had just sheathed and activated their Sharingan, glaring fixedly at the Anbu. Uchiha Makoto, who had just entered from outside, also drew a kunai and crouched down, ready to strike.

The Uchiha's stance could not have been clearer.

Another commotion rose outside as large contingents from the Konoha Military Police Force and the Anbu arrived.

The newly arrived Military Police Force members and Anbu were startled by the confrontation inside, then drew their weapons and faced one another.

Clang, clang, clang!

As blades were drawn one after another, the standoff grew larger and larger.

Without knowing what had happened, those who arrived later all drew their weapons and confronted each other. The terrible relationship between the Uchiha Konoha Military Police Force and the Anbu was plain to see.

"Hey, hey, hey... Is this how you treat your Village Comrades? That's not good, is it?"

A lazy voice sounded, and a silver-haired man in a jonin uniform walked in. From the outside, he looked completely ordinary, without the slightest sharpness expected of a jonin.

"Lord Sakumo!"

The Anbu hurriedly saluted him and put away their weapons.

The Konoha Military Police Force members exchanged glances, nodded to one another, and put away their longswords and other weapons as well.

"That's more like it. We're all Village Comrades, so why make things unpleasant~"

The silver-haired man, Hatake Sakumo, spoke in his lazy voice. He then bent down to inspect the attackers Uchiha Tokimitsu had killed.

"The Iwagakure Assassination Unit~" Hatake Sakumo sounded a little surprised. He looked up at Uchiha Tokimitsu. "Boy, did you kill all these people?"

Uchiha Tokimitsu nodded slightly.

Hatake Sakumo clicked his tongue in amazement.

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